Video: Justin Frankel on Software Patents; New EPO Propaganda Videos
Dr. Roy Schestowitz
2011-05-23 08:04:04 UTC
Modified: 2011-05-23 08:04:04 UTC
Summary: Big Think explains why software patents are bad and the European Patent Office grooms people who want new laws that would bring such patents into Europe
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Just as it recently did its propaganda with Vincent Van Quickenborne [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13], the EPO propaganda machine is latching onto Barnier, who is like Vincent Van Quickenborne when it comes to software patenting loopholes [1, 2, 3, 4]. Days ago it wrote:
Interview with EU-Commissioner Michel Barnier, right after the 2011 European Inventor Award ceremony. http://ow.ly/4Z7IZ
This links to their YouTube channel, which almost nobody subscribed to in 3 years. Apparently there is not much interest in EPO's agenda. The EPO just wants more and more patents, which are equivalent to more EPO business. ⬆
All other things being equal, one could expect the Portuguese political establishment to support Campinos in his reappointment bid. But what if all other things are no longer equal because the former "asset" has in the meantime become a "liability"?
"The "career scientist" - with PhD and research office by their mid-twenties - follows well oiled tracks and institutional signposts, steering away from controversial or "difficult" subjects."
